EARTH'S MOTION
Across
- 5. A force that makes an object follow a curved path
- 6. other.
- 8. a path an object follows as it moves around another object
- 9. and the Earth's forward _______.
- 16. The longest day of the year in one hemisphere and the shortest in
- 19. The way the Earth spins if looking at the North Pole
- 20. motion of one object around another object
- 22. the amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate once. (2
Down
- 1. (2 words)
- 2. The direction in which the sun rises
- 3. rotates (2 words)
- 4. If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in
- 7. The smallest changes in seasonal temperatures are near the
- 10. spinning motion
- 11. The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the
- 12. The imaginary line running through the center of Earth on which
- 13. Southern Hemisphere?
- 14. The Earth stays in orbit around the sun because of the sun's
- 15. Earth has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
- 17. If the earth had no tilt, there would be no _______.
- 18. The day that the sun shines equally on both hemispheres and the
- 21. How many equinoxes are there each year?